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100
This is the total number of counties.
What is 55?
100
This author wrote The Good Earth.
Who is Pearl Buck?
100
This is the second longest steel arch bridge in the world.
What is the New River Gorge Bridge?
100
This president signed the proclamation during the Civil War which allowed West Virginia to become a state.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
This is the state motto.
What is "Montani semper liberi" or "Mountaineers are always free."
200
This county is home of a famous resort that housed a two story bunker to be used to house the U.S. Congress in case of a nuclear attack during the Cold War.
What is Greenbrier County?
200
He was the longest serving member of U.S. Congress in history.
Who is Robert C. Byrd?
200
At 4,863 feet this is the highest point.
What is Spruce Knob?
200
This leading Confederate general was born in Clarksburg.
Who is Stonewall Jackson?
200
West Virginia became a state on this date.
What is June 20, 1863?
300
Moundsville, home of some of the countries oldest and largest Indian burial grounds is located in this county.
What is Marshall County?
300
He is believed to be the first white settler to build a home in West Virginia.
Who is Morgan Morgan?
300
These popular climbing rocks whose Gendarme fell in October 1987 are associated with the Legend of Snow Bird, and Indian princess.
What is Seneca Rocks?
300
In terms of casualties this was the largest battle in West Virginia.
What is the Battle of Shepherdstown?
300
The first state capital was in this city.
What is Wheeling?
400
At 240 feet the Potomac River, the lowest point in the state, is in this county.
What is Jefferson County?
400
This Fairmont native won four medals in the 1984 Summer Olympics, including gold in the all around competition.
Who is Mary Lou Retton?
400
The Cass Railroad runs up this mountain. The second highest point in the state.
What is Bald Knob?
400
The death of Robert Garnett during this battle made him the first General officer to die during the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Corrick's Ford?
400
This is the state flower.
What is a Rhododendron?
500
This county has the highest average elevation of any county east of the Mississippi River.
What is Pocahontas County?
500
This famous mathmatician won the Nobel Peace Prize in Economic in 1994. His biography "A Beautiful Mind" was also turned into a movie.
Who is John Forbes Nash Jr?
500
This is the longest cave in West Virginia.
What is the Friar Cave System?
500
The first major land battle fought between the Union and Confederates on June 3, 1861.
What is the Battle of Philippi?
500
These are four of the five states that border West Virginia.
What is Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Maryland?
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